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Hour One: Is net neutrality dead? Seton Motley, Less Government

Hour Two: America's REAL welfare queens...

Hour Three: Pot, gateway drug to...state run banking? WA State Senator Bob Hasegawa (D-11th District)

On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had to delay a crucial vote on unemployment benefits so that Republican lawmakers could finalize their list of demands. Although Democrats want to extend long-term unemployment benefits for 11 months with no strings attached, Conservative senators only want a three month extension, and they want the cost of the program off-set with more austerity measures.

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Hour One: Should Freedom Industries get the corporate death penalty?

Hour Two: GOP keeps unemployed cold and hungry - Rich Danker, American Principles in Action (APIA)

Hour Three: Is Congress guilty of torture?

More than 300,000 West Virginia residents are facing their fifth day of coping with a massive chemical spill, and FEMA is helping state and local agencies ensure that residents have access to safe drinking water. That means tax payers are already covering the cost of the spill, and they could be on the hook for clean up expenses as well.

While the media was focused on Chris Christie and “Bridge-gate”, Congress moved closer to accepting a massive, international trade agreement. On Thursday, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators proposed legislation to give the Obama Administration the power to fast-track the Trans Pacific Partnership and other controversial trade deals.

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Hour One: Is Chris Christie's car out of control? Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)

Hour Two: Chris Christie's Nixon moment - Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio / Plus, Geeky Science - Global warming releases unknown diseases?

Ever since Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA, we've heard politicians and agency officials claim that collecting metadata isn't spying. But, two MIT students have created a program to help you understand the digital trail that you leave behind everyday. Daniel Smilkov and Deepak Jagdish's “Immersion” program creates a virtual map of your life using only your email account.

On Tuesday, the Senate advanced legislation to extend long-term unemployment benefits, and all but six Republicans declined to vote for it. Instead of helping to restore this financial lifeline to out-of-work Americans, Conservative lawmakers say that they are launching their own plan to help the poor. Today, Senator Marco Rubio will deliver a speech marking the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B.

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Hour One: The Republican Sabotage of America...

Hour Three: Do evolution and politics mix? Bryan Fischer, American Family Association

The polar vortex is moving across the United States, and a large area of our nation is facing bitter cold. As many Americans are dealing with temperatures well below zero, the Right-wing media is pointing to the cold snap as so-called proof that global warming is a myth.

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Hour One: Libertarian model for tobacco..."go ahead and die?" J.D. Tuccille, Reason

Hour Two: Who are the REAL Obamacare hypocrites?

Hour Three: Why FDR's "four freedoms" are REAL freedoms - Professor Harvey Kaye, The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great

Congress is back from vacation, but that doesn't mean Republicans are ready to get to work. Senate Democrats have already scheduled a test vote to restore unemployment insurance, but Republicans say they won't approve an extension without something in return.

Today, many Americans consider themselves “middle class.” However, compared to the standards of the 1960s, the so-called middle class is dead, and the war on unions is directly responsible. In 1965, Americans willing to take dangerous, difficult work – like a midnight shift shoveling waste at a steel mill – could earn about $2.30 an hour.

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Hour One: Who decides to pull the plug...government or family?

Hour Two: Should Edward Snowden get clemency? Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio / Plus, Geeky Science - is catastrophic climate change coming?

Hour Three: Time to close the red state donut hole...

In our nation, finance has a hold on almost every single part of our lives – from the day we're born, until we take our last breath. Capitalism and the quest for larger profits have taken hold of our healthcare, our education, our homes, our communication, and even our government. Today, most babies are born in for-profit hospitals, and their medical claims are paid by for-profit insurance.